You can get porcelain tile that is strong, durable and attractive but you need to shop around to avoid the ugly stuff.  

I am looking into classifying our rental property activities in the most tax advantaged fashion possible.

1) Manage Your Vacation Rental with a Booking AgencyUsing an agency is not for everyone, but I recommend a front-end booking/advertising company like Evolve Vacation Rental for my one-stop shop with regards to booking, payments and calendar tracking.

I think prior to shopping for locks making a list of wants that you need the locks to do like remote access, changeable codes, lock logs, staff access, etc. and go from there.

Hey George it depends on what kind of LO (loan officer) , in a retail big bank like Chase, in a refi assembly line plant like Loan Depot/Cash Call/Amerisave, a LO with a indepdent mortgage broker, a mortgage broker one man shop, or a LO with a mortgage company.It can vary from flat rate of $500 per loan up to 2.75% of the loan amount and everything in between.

But they may also be able to reduce management costs by shopping around and/ or negotiating with property managers because they have so many properties.

They are more desirable when they are within walking distance to shopping, the better the grocery store the better.

It pays to shop around.

After High School I decided I was'nt going to be product of my enviornment and pursue my DREAMS of becoming a Sucessful Entrepernuer...In 1996 I manged a MCA Recording Artist, this experience allowed me to travel the Country while touring with my artist I began to notice urban Hip-Hop fashion was an up and coming market so I decided to try my creative hand in the "FASHION" buisness.

Also, we talked about "shopping an offer".